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» Assoqtm « • PRESS "t * • DISPATCHES * •6**®*9* “ ■ »«*» yf.,*,., | , r 1 VOLUME XXIV Thirty Known to Have Perished in Explosion - - - ■ . dAk. Explosion Occurred in Mine at Johnson City, 111.—Num • her of Bodies Have Been Brought Out Already. EXPLOSION CAUSE NOT YET KNOWN Several Bodies Burned Be yond Recognition.—Some of Men Trapped Alive in Mine Made Their Escape. J <*sy (he Associated Press.) Johnston City, HI., .Inn. 26.—A oherk uii today definitely placed the number of dead in yesterday's mine explosion nt Two mori> are reported missing. 'Eight are in a hospital, nud two nre not' expected to reeover. Approximately (10 of the 3tH> miners at work were entombed in the lower levels of the mine, but a few of them escaped. A number of the bodies brought to the surfaee last night and early today were burned beyond recognition nnd mining company officials gave up' the attempt to identify the dead until a full check, up of the forge can be obtained. Company officials declined to make a statement regarding the possible cause es the disaster, but announced that a thor ough investigation would be made to day. The mine had been considered un usually safe. Rosette teams, hurriedly organized in Johnson City and aided by squads from Herrin and Benton, 111., made desperate .efforts to save the trapped mcD. and it nt first wns understood that the men un derground had telephoned to the surface that they were safe. The hundreds of relatives and workers around the shaft in the bitter cold were made nt midnight that 87 of the men had been killed. The bodies brought up bore mute tes timony to the force of the explosion. Their clothing had bee nalmost torn away and all were badly, burned, even the hair, being scorched from their heads. Men near the entrance escaped easily, but those in entries No. 9, 10, 11 nnd 12. where the actual explosion occurred, suf fered the full force of the blast. Among the known dead are the bod ies of Herbert McCullough, mine mana ger, and Jesse Ford, mine boss, first were identified. UNDERWOOD I,IKES ** ..... ~ - tONOUK TKRUJD&A Favors Electing President, for Six or Seven Years to Eliminate Partisan ship. Akron, 0.. Jan. 23.—A six or seven year term for Presidents, with a pro vision making the Executive ineligible for re-e!eeiimi, was advocated and bureaucracy, as it exists in the Govern ment today, was attacked by Senator Underwood in bis second siteech of his campaign for the Democratic Presi dential nomination, made here today be fore the Akron Chamber of Commerce. “Change the cm of four year terms*’/ said Senator Undarwood. “Make the term six or seven years and make the Executive ineligible for re election. and you will have removed all temptation to |fturther personal ambi tion : you will have taken out of the sphere of partisanship the one man in the country who should s,tnnd above nnd beyond it, and you will have purified the very air of politics itself, by giving it worthier motives and loftier ideals.” Lenin Failed.. Berlin View; Kameheff Seen as Power- Berlin, Jan. 26. “Nikoiul Benin fantastically followed his own ideas re gardless of the possibility to realize • them and brought on Russia untold and useless suffering, only in the end to be obliged to givp up all he had fought for,” writes Dr- Karl von Voss, Ger many's authority on post-war Russia. In a cold analysis of Lenin’s life nud work' he expresses the average Central European’s view. The Soviet leader took power, says Dr. von Voss, with a fanatic’s belief in himself and “led Rus sin through the social revolution abyss through the sacrifice of millions of lives to hunger and poverty." The only thing Lenin could have done worse, it is sug gested, would have been to throw Ger many and other industrial neighbors in to the same Red abyss. “Lenin,” Dr. von Voss says, “led the Rtissinn people into a frightful tragedy and is himself one of ffs most tragic figures.” In Germany none outside the Com munists sees Lenin as anything but a fanatical leader who failed in his purpose but remained in power brought the passivencss of the Russian people and by the establishment of the Terror. The view of Lenin as a spiritual leader, which never prevails in Western lands, does not find any reflection in Russia's realist neighbors. Til ere ''is no happiness in all this world if there is none in the heart. WHAT BATB BEAR SAYS Fair tonight, colder in east and cen tral portions; Sunday Mr And con tinued cold, strong northwest winds, di minishing tonight. The Concord Daily Tribune ♦ f BILLY SUNDAY TAKES A RAP AT THE DANCE Hunter. Moving Pictures. Ball Room I Dresses Are Also Targets For Ter- Lirks. I Clinriotte. Jan. 25.—Fully B,ooft peo -1 Pie heard Billy Sunday tonight on "Amusements” more than 10.000 people tried te get in but could not. I The sermon was pronounced by all I the greatest ever heard in the city. His text was "Be not deceived, God is not mocked, for whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap." He spoke of the girl of the present 4av with not-enough clothes on to flag a handcar. He said the movies had been tiiriied into petting parties. His invec tive against (he theater, the dance, the moving pictures nnd bnll-rcom dresses was terrific; also denunciation of card parties in the home nnd taking prizes. The reason many preachers don’t preach against the dance, the bridge parties, the moving pictures, is because they haven’t I lie courage. He referred to the dancing-hugging match. “The auto." said he, "has taken the redlights of the city nnd put. them on rubber tires." A man had just ns soon go nut nnd pick cotton by moonlight ns to dance with his own wife. 1 believe passion is the basis of the popular dance. "The donee will excite sexual intercourse. Where do vou find the best dancers? in the brothers. The dress cf the girls of the present day at the dances in the cause of- evil. The dance is the hotbed of immorality.” The audience cheered and npp’auded throughout the sermon, two hours in length. RE TWO MORE OF THE ESCAPED CONVICTS Herbert Stewart and James Whitlock. Both Negroes. Caught in Aslieville. tßy the AmoeMtetl Pre*». r Asheville, Jan. 26.—Two more escap ed convicts front the state prison enntp near Marshall, Herbert Stewart, negro, serving 30 years for burglary ;• and James Whitlock, negro, serving 30 years for burning n barn at Mt. Airy several yen in ago, were captured here today. Nine of the IS prisoners who escaped Thursday night by sawing through a wall of the improvised camp near Mar shall hnd been captured this morning, ac cording to reports from Madison county. Reports reached this city today that a convict had been seen at Alexander last night and fired upon, but without effect, He was going in the direction of Asheville, rrTtKr-flpgwMb ffrpmrgn * TnffFsftay As%ht at Jupiter, three at Alexander and two here. WARREN LINCOLN TELLS OF DOUBLE MURDIER Tells Police He Killed His Wife and Her Brother in January. 1»23. (By the Associated Press.) Aurora, 111.,, Jan. 26.—Warren Lin coln today confessed to the police that he*shot and killed his wife and her broth er. Byron Shottp, on January 10. 1023. and had buried the bodies after dismem bering them. The heads of the two, he said, would be found in the city dump, in a concrete block which he had moulded around them. He was taken to the dump, and diggers under his direction found 'the block. It weighed several hundred pounds. As the block was uncovered Lincoln fainted in the arms of chief of detectives Wirz. Embedder in the block were found the heads of Mrs. Lincoln nnd her brother. Sixty Years of Words. London, Jan 26.—Dr. Johnson spent eight years on the compilation of his famous lexicon, but the “New English Dictionary,” which is approaching eorti pletion, has been in the making for six tty years. During that time probably seven tons of quotations have been col lected, and as a ton of quotation con tains about a million slips it is not dif ficult to arrive at the grand total of sev en million separate quotations illus trating uses of words. The quotations represent, at. least 100- 000 books searched, people all over the world voluntarily engaging in this word seeking enterprise. One reader alone sent in 19.000 quotations, while another scholar’s batch filled a suit-ease. It was reported recently that the dic tionary was approaching its 15.000th page its 400,000th word, and its 1,800,- 000th quotation- Yet there are still people who “ennnot find words to ex press themselves,” nnd others who “have not a word to say.” With Our Advertisers. The after-inventory elennup at Fish er’s is a centre of attraction. The seven-day clearance sale at the Musetfe began this morning. Great values are being offered all over the store. i Cold wave coming—E. B. Grady says cut off the water and drain pipes. Plot to Overthrow German Government. IBy the Anwmnil Pma.l Berlin, .Tan. 26.—An alleged commun ist plot for the overthrow of the govern ment was brought to light today in the debate of the finance eoutmittee of the Wurtemburg Parliament, according to advices from Stuttgart. Large quanti ties of explosives are said to have been seized. ' United States Draws First Blood. Chamoix. France, Jan. 26 (By the Associated Press). —The United States drew the first blood in the 1024 Olympic games today when Carle* Jewtraw, of Lake Placid. N. Y„ won the 500-meter spkeed skating race. His time was 44 seconds. Want to Talk to Ford. Washington, Jan. 26.—Henry Ford - will be requested to appear early next - week before the House military commit tee to discuss his offer for Muscle Sboals. 1 CONCORD, N. C„ SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1924 IN NEW HANDS 1 Bar Jovel^^X JfesTjf / RSveryThimg else, LEfc North Carolina, the Country’s Logical Manufacturing Center (By the Associated Press.) Raleigh. N. C., Jan. 25.—North Car-1 olina has within the State practically every product which is needed by the manufacturers of the State, according to I an article, “North Carolina The Country’s I Logical Manufacturing Center.” by M. L. Shipman. Commissioner of Labor-ami Printing, which will appear in the Feb-! »flhStl lina Rankers' Association, which will be I issued this, week. The issue is a strict ly North Carolina edition and will con tain several articles describing the re sources and potentialities of the State. Mr. Shipman's article was written for the edition by special request, the du ties'of his department placing him in tlie position of being thoroughly con versant with the manufacturing indus tries of the state and their needs. Mr. Shipman stated that the earlier development of the country bad made of the South an agricultural section primar ily while the more Northern states had been the centers of manufacture. He de clared that this period,, had passed and that North Carolina, because of its va ried mineral and other natural resources and its splendid water power facilities, was logically a manufacturing center and should take rank as the leading center of industry in the country. i The following is Mr. Shipman's arti- j cle: In a discussion of the reasons to be l offered as to why factories for the con-! sumption of the raw materials found in - North Carolina should be established at base of supply, one not familiar with the development of the production of raw materials and with the growth of the manufacturing industry might well ask i why it is that factories for the eon- j sumption of these raw materials were not! built in North Carolina in the first in-! stance. If we may go back to the beginning of our national settlement nnd growth, the euttse for the apparent broad discrepan cy in the present reasoning may be plac ed. It lies in an economic condition prevalent at that time but now no long er existing. When settlement of this continent be gan to be made, immigrants located in different parts of the country. Various reasons could be assigned for settlements in various parts, but it is probable that nil were governed by some attraction pe without having investigated a great deul of the sections. After settlement had had been made, certain improvements and investments made it more desirable to alter the conditions under which these people lived than to move. Titus it came about that it was profitable to make some article for barter for the. produce of some other section. As imputation (native increase) may reasonably be assumed to have been somewhere near uniform in tfle various sections, it follows that, in northern sec tions, where seasons are shorter and the growth of products, some* of them' com mon to the southern sec)ion, were slow er and less prolific than in the South, it was easier and more profitable, and, in -the case of cotton particularly, to pro duce something which could be traded . f j Anti-Swearing League in Italy. Rome, Jan. 26.—Through the “strong hand” policy of Mussolini seems still to be popular enough in Italy, “strong’.’ language is apparently not regarded as a virture by the Italian people. An.ltal ian Anti-swearing 'League has been formed, and the movement it represents is receiving the -support of the Fascisti Government. 1 Hope, till hope creates from its own wreck the thing it contemplates. , ’ Who is Patricia? for the articles needed to lie acquired j from the Southern section. What more natural, than having found in the South j a ready acceptance nnd consumption of i manufactured articles, the mamifactur | ing industry of the North should grow, or what more natural than that he inhab itants of the South, finding it much eas ier to grow cotton, tobacco, or other ag [ rqcuUujal egtnjn'UliI *«* tft_ trade for >is '’manufactured fffioessilfes than to manu facture them, attention should be di verted from' manufacturing to the pro duction of those things that ffere ready for use when hequired. This eondtion and ivrocess built tip an agricultural or non-manufacturing habit in the South, and, conversely a manufac turing habit in the North. Later, when other manufactured articles, formerly in>- imrted proved to he susceptible of more economical acquirement by. manufacture than importation, those sections already engaged in manufacture produced thep. The southern section paid scant atten tion to the development of factories. By the application of improved meth ods of cultivation and selection, the North now finds it possible to produce practically all of its agricultural neces sities,, except cotton and tobacco. Tim South finds it less advantageous to trade ■ its agricultural products for mamifae [ tured necessities. I Natural conditions for manufacture are * much more F avorable in the southeast i section than anywhere else on the conti ! nent. Climatic conditions are midway between the cold of the northern sections which must be overcome at great ex pense for heat, and the heat of the Southeastern section, which, whatever | one may feel about it, saps the short j edge of physical effort., ! Hydro-electric power is plentiful, and | the potential supply scarcely touched. | Almost all raw materials, required by lnaiiufaetnries are produced within the Sfate. Clays from ore, mica, kaolin, tale, soapstone, garnet, monszite, and i granite offer splendid manufacturing op portunities. Wood-pulp in paper making and timber for manufacture of furniture and for building material are indigenous i and utilized very extremely. One of the widest fields is in the can ning and preserving industry. Except in it few instances this is untouched. In no other loenlity do vegetables reaoli that perfection of quality to be found here. Some other localities produce earlier and larger specimens, but nowhere does there seem to be just the right combination of ciimatic conditions to put that superb flavor into the fruits and Vegetables. , As an index as to what might be nc eomplished in North Carolina in the man ufacturing industry, attention is called to the success of the furniture and cotton goods manufacturers in the State, this of course’ includes the knit goods and twine mills. This article! would fall short of its purpose were dot emphasis placed upon the possibilities o£ (lie granite deposits, both for building and ornamental pur poses. Western North Carolina holds au almost limitless quantity of , this stone, nnd recognition of its value can not be much longer delayed. TWO WOMEN AND TWO MEN KILLED The Automobile In Which They Were Riding Wae Hit By a Train. (Hr tbe Associated Press.* Ravenna. 0., Jan. 26. —Two men and two women were instantly killed here early ( today when a westbound Balti more & Ohio train demolished tlieir au tomobile at a grade < rolling. The men were identified as James North and An drew Nofeier, of Alliance; through papers found In their pockets.-> THE COTTON MARKET Opened Steady Today at ail Advance of From 7 to 26 Points. (By the Associated Press.) New York. Jan. 20. —The cotton mar ket opened steady today at an advance of 7 to 20 points on higher Liverpool ca bles, firmer foreign exchange rates. Liv erpool buying, covering, and moderate eommisison house demand. March sold at 33.41 and May at 33.74 on the call, but there was a good deal of realizing or liquidation for oyer the week end, and there ahuf appeared to- be some southern *e«Ttt# —Tftff! -SOinißfr~rtttr-mtMrW-- miind and the market eased off during the early trading, ■ with March reacting to 33.23 and May to 33.48. or within 4 points of yesterday’s closing. October was relatively quiet and easy and sold off to 27.1)8 or 5 jaunts net lower. Cotton futures opened Steady. March 33.37; May 33.(53; July 32.30; Oct. 28.10; December not quoted. Closed Steady. ' New York. Jan. 2(5. —Cotton futures closed steady. March 33.21 to 33.2(1; Mpy 33.47 to 33.30; July 32.22 to 32.23; October 27.83 to 27.02; December-27.30. PRESIDENT TO MAKE INQUIRY HIMSELF Wants to Know About Policy That Al lows Oil Reserves to Be Leased. (By the Associated Press.) ■Washington, Jan. 2(l.—Thile the Sen ate oil committee was seeking further light on the relations of former Interior Secretary Falls and Harry Sinclair. President Coolidge asked the Interior Department today to submit to him ex pert advice as to the wisdom of the pol icy under which the Sinclair and Doheny interests secured lenses from Mr. Fall for oil reserves in Wyoming and- Cali fornia. The President asked the Interior De partment to furnish him at the earliest possible moment a report on the question of whether the leases protect the inter ests of the government. I This inquiry is separate from the in-1 structions given to the Department of Justice, which is studying the evidence to determine Whether there has been proof of fraud, but both actions are di rected toward the same eud. The pur pose is to ascertain definitely whether the leases should be cancelled. ‘Neither Hurt in Dud. Montevideo, Uruguay, Jan. 26 (By the Associated Press).—Or. Balthazar Brum, | former President of Uruguay, engaged in a pistol duel today with Minister of War Rivera. Neither was hit. The meeting resulted from attacks in Dr. Brum’s newspaper against the war min ister's project for compulsary military training. Really For Arguments in Anderson Case. (By the Associated Press.) New York, Jan. 26.—Attorney.4' for the defense and prosecution in the trial in the Supreme Court on third degree forgery charge of Win. H. Anderson,I state superintendent of the Anti-Saloon i League, of New York, rested today after four days of strenuous interrogation nud crosß examination. The trial will be continued on Monday. Vote Down Mellon Proposal. (By the Associated P.-esr.) Washington, Jan. 26.—Secretary Mel lon’s recommendation that husbands and wives be prohibited from dividing family Incomes for purposes of filing income tax returns, as allowed in eight states, was voted down today by the House Ways and Means Committee. After Inventory Clean Up at Fisher’s. You' will find very special values at Fisher’s today nud all of next week, their self-service department in the base ment has made a great hit. You wait on yourself and pay as you leave. This de partment carries all kinds of merchan dise, ladies' and men’s wear, toys, etc. HE REGENT OF JAM IS HARRIED TO ROTIL'PRIICESS Marriage of Prince Hirchito and Princess Nagako Was Celebrated at Palace Witfli Shinto Rites. BIG CROWDS ON ALL THE STREETS Prince and Bride Given Ova tion—They Took Separate Routes on (Their Journey to the Palace. Tokio. Jan. 26 (By the Associated Press).—.-In accordance with ancient cus tom. the wedding of Prince Regent Ili rohito and Princess Nagako, eldest daugh ter of Prince Kuni, was celebrated at the Imperial Palace this morning with Shinto rites. Tokio made the most of its first occas ion for national rejoicing since the Sep tember earthquake and fire. Tremendous crowds jammed the streets and open spaces around the imperial palace, and greeted the Prince and his bride as they proceeded by separate routes toward the palace for the ceremony. The Prince's progress was more impos-1 ing, the cavalcade being escorted by a mounted contingent of the imperial body guard iti flashing red and gold uniform. The Shinto ceremony, a comparatively simple one. comparable to a civil wed ding in Christian countries, was the an nouncement of the event to the imperial spirits in the Kishki-Bokoro, or Holy of Holies in front of which the pair took their vows. It originally was planned to defer the public celebrations of the nuptials until ■later in the year, owing to the recent disaster and national mourning. The Prince was garbed in the suit of a Japanese gentleman. The bride wore a dazzling* elaborately woven, and embroidered costufne. DR. LAMBETH GOES TO BALTIMORE CONFERENCE Gastonia Preacher Accede Call to One of the Most- Powerful Churches in Capital. Gastonia, Jan. 23-—Rev. W. A- Lam beth, the pastor of Main Street Metho . .ftist. ehureb,- Jrns been . tranafaeseA iretn. the Western North Caro'ina conference to the Baltimore conference, and has been appointed to the pastorate of Mount Vernon Church, in Washington, to succeed, Dr. Clevis Chappell, who goes February 1 to Memphis,- Tenn., to as sume the pastorate of the First Metho dist church of that city. Dr. Chappell has served the Mount Vernon church for the past six years. Mr. Lambeth will fill the pulpit here two more Sun days. leaving for Washington the fol lowing Sunday, February 3. Rumors regarding this change have been current since a visit to Gastonia last week of Bishop Warren A. Cand ler. of Atlanta, Ga„ who is in charge of the Baltimore conference. While no j official announcement of the transfer has been made by either Bishop Cand ler or Bishop Denny, who has charge of tlie western North Carolina conference, it is learned on the very best of author ity that the tranfer and appointment have been made. When asked for a statement regarding the matter this morning. Rev. Mr. Lambeth declined to either confirm or deny the report, stat ing that he hud nothing to say for publi cation. Officials of the local church, howeve* aeknow’edge that the informa tion as given above is orrect- Mr. Lambeth was appointed to Main Street church in the fall of 11)22 by Bishop Denny, and is now serving his second»year here. Mr. Lambeth is a native of this state, being the son of Col. F. S. Lambeth, one of the state’s most prominent furniture manufactur ers. He was graduated from Trinity college and from thh Theological dc oartment of Vanderbilt university and Harvard. Civil War Shell Bursts. Killing Boy. Scotland Neck. Jan. 23. —An Explo sion from an old Civil war bombshell, which was being used ns an andiron in a building in the nego section here this | afternoon, resulted in the death of Ar thur Smith, nine-year-old child- There were four persons in the building, which was used ns a storage house for tobacco. The child was sitting nearest the fire place when the explosion occurred. He was rendered unconscious and died three hours later. Serious damage was done to the building and two other oc cupants, both negroes were slightly in jured. No one expected that the shell was a brass cap at the pointed end of it. Yottng Mat) Killed in Jump. (By the Associated Press) f Tarboro, Jan. 26.—Roland Allsbrook. 18 years old. jumped from a third story fire escape of the Masonic Temple here today. His head was crushed and his 1 neck broken when lie struck the pave i ment 30 feet below. The funeral will j be held at Scotland Neck on Sunday. . | Aviator Killed in Texas. [ IB] the Associated Press. M San Antonio. Jna. 26. —Lieut. Geo. : R. Rusk, aged 23. was instantly kiUed ( today when his airplane fell several hun -5 dred feet near Brooks field. He had held his commission less than six months. His , heme was at Clarks Hill, Ind. Dr. A. C. Dixon has sailed for Europe , where he is' to marry the . widow of - Charles Alexander, whose reputation as i a singer, extended far and wide. Mrs. - Alexander is reported to be immensely - rich but Dr. Dixon says that part of it . has never entered into his thinking. : • •: 0 NEWS 0' 0 TODAY 0 00000000 NO. 18. EXPECT RERELUO ATTACK THF -PORT SOON Two Batteries of Artillery Ordered to City to Help in Defense.—Rebel - Gunboat Anchored Near the City. FEDERAL SHIP IS TO MAKE ATTACK Rumored in New Orleans Gunboat Bravo Will Be Ordered to Progreso and Vera Cruz at Once. * Tampico, Jan. 26 (By the Associated Press).- —Two battries of artillery are expected to arrive here today to defend the port against possible attack by the rebel ships. This precautionary mea sure was decided upon following the re appearance of the rebel guuboat Zara goza off Tampico yesterday. The craft anchored about one mile from the mouth yesterday. The craft anchored about one mile from the mouth of the Panuco River, and her commander is said to have advised the military authorities here to be prepared for eventaulities. Two American destroyers, the 330 and 1334. arrived to join the cruiser Rich mond not long after the Zaragosa had dropped her anchor. The activities of the Federal troops in the northeastern sector are reported to have resulted in the capture of Tux punt, the important, seaport city about 130 miles north of Vera Cruz. The fall of Cerro Azul at an early date is pre dicted. The Federal forces have reoccupied Los Naianjote, an important oil field in the Huasteea. The Federals operating in this region *have been further rein forced. Nine bandits attacked and wounded the paymaster of the Trans-Continental Oil Company, an American concern near herp yesterday. They robbed him of 3,000 pesos. To Attack Rebels. New Orleans. Jan. 26.—Departure of the gunboat Bravo for southern waters to attack the rebel ports of Progreso ‘ and Vera Cruz is imminent, the coun cil general here announced here today. A trial trip will be made on the MisaU sijqti^Ri ve r^ tod,*?, to teat put bar, near plement of the vessel are due tonight via El Paso, Texas. KLAN MAY ELIMINATE MASK IN THE FUTURE Tills VVil.l Be Proposed in Next National Klan Congress in Atlanta. IBy the Associated Press.) Atlanta, Jan. 26.-—Elimination of the mask and changes in the present form of government will be proposed when the Ku Klux Klansmen gather here Febru ary 26th in response to a recent cal! for a National Klan Congress, according to a story appearing today in the Atlanta ; Constiution. The Congress was called by E. Y. Clarke, Imperial Giant, the story says ’’for the purpose of bringing about drastic reforms within the order, and in the event sqch cannot be pfished. to discuss ways and means of disbanding.” Victory Highway Across tile Continent Nears Completion. San Francisco. Jan. 26.—The Vic tory highway, an unbroken link between New York and San Francisco, will be completed some time this year, accord ing to an announcement by the Cali fornia State Automobile Association. The principal barrier, a detour that balked many tourists, was in western 1 tali, and the Utah highway commis sion has just signed contracts for the removal of this hv the contraction of the last link in the Wendover out-off. which will be ready by the opening of the 1924 tourist season. The Utah-Ne vado-California Highway Association arranged the financing of the Wendover cut-off, cooperation with the California Automobile Association. The cut-off is about 40 mi\es long, and 6.17 miles of it is a difficult piece of construction through a salt marsh. Grading of the marsh in- preparation for the highway ( virtually is complet'd. The organizations interested raised *30.000 to assist the State of Utah, which n'so was able to procure sub stantial aid from the federal govern ment. The California Automobile As sociation previously had logged the Vic tory Hig.iway as far east as Kansas City wich its vell-iw-djni.iond markers. Another Cold Wave Hits New York. (hr Die Associated Press.* New York. Jan. 26.—A blustering gale from the northwest that attained at times a velocity of 72 miles an hour to , I day ushered iu New York's third cold wave within a fortnight, and the mercury ■ tumbled T 4 degrees between midnight and i 9 o’clock to 14 above zero. Plate glass . windows were smashed and other dam [ age done by the winds. Cha-ged With Attacking Girl. » nRv thf PrMN.• Wilmington. Jan. 26. —John Melton, • 74 years old, chief of police here prior I to the riots of 1898. todnv woe held to ■ Superior Court without bail when he • appeared in police court’ to n"swer a ) charge of attacking a 10-year-old girl. I An ’ Egyptian divorce paper made out 283 B. C. has been discovered by a f translator at the University of Penn- ’ a sylvanin museum. It states, “I have a • bandonral thee as wife. I have no claim r on earth against thee on account of ac t count of a wife today onwa- • *n stantly, without delay.” >■ - ■: - - : '< "... (jfcJ
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